For information about electric, water, carpet cleaning, telephone or Internet service, and the cost of hanging signs or banners from the ceiling, please see the Order Services section of the Great Columbus Convention Centers website.

Labor is a critical component of the cost of providing drayage services. In many of the
major convention cities, there are several trade unions that have acquired jurisdiction in
the exhibit halls. To run drayage operations in the Convention Center, a contractor must
first put on the payroll a Teamster dock manager, a Teamster traffic manager, and a
crew of Teamsters. All this labor simply gets the shipment taken off the truck and put on
the loading dock. Then, with the hiring of Teamster labor, the freight gets delivered to
the booth. Frequently, this work takes place during what are overtime hours for the
trades, especially the handling of the empty containers, which usually takes place
throughout the night. A drayage operation is expensive to provide and even more so in
towns with labor rates and where tight union rules exist. Additionally, the drayage
operation has very tight constraints. A show must open on a given morning and the
drayage service has only a 2- to 3-day window to perform all services.

Free-floating Hanging Banners (hung from the ceiling but not anchored at the bottom) must be 12 feet from the booth floor and cannot exceed 13 feet in length (cannot reach a height greater than 25 feet).

Anchored Banners (hung from the hall ceiling and anchored to the exhibit display) cannot not exceed 24 feet in length and must be anchored no less than 1 foot from the floor of the booth (again, cannot reach a height greater than 25 feet).

Convention center personnel must be hired for installation and removal of suspended signage.

Under the cubic content rule, each exhibitor may build right up to the front of their
booth, up to the maximum allowable height (25 feet). There are no sight
guidelines under the cubic content rule. No portion of your display or structure
may extend into the aisle, including the air space above the aisle. This rule
allows exhibitors to make maximum use of their booth space. See Exhibitor
Rules & Regulations for complete details.

Only exhibitors are permitted on the show floor beginning at 2 p.m. on
Wednesday, July 17. You MUST have your Exhibitor Badge visible at all times.
You will not be able to re-enter the building without it - so if you go to your hotel
room to change into other clothes for move out you MUST have your badge to
get back in. Exhibitors found to be releasing badges to those not registered, or
wearing a badge bearing another's name, will be barred from further entrance or
exhibiting at future events. Note: No one under the age of 14 is permitted in the
exhibit hall during non-event hours, including set-up and tear down.

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